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Softball Hawks Falter at LEC

Release Date:

April 12, 2006

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Painesville, OH – Lake Erie College took game one 6-0 before Mother Nature rained on the Storm’s chances of a sweep over Hilbert College in game two of a doubleheader. Wednesday’s second game was called in the top of the fifth inning with the host Storm up 10-2 with the Hawks coming to bat. A tentative date of April 21st has been scheduled to serve as a make up date with play to resume at 4:00 PM in Painesville, OH.

In the first game, LEC held a 1-0 lead going into the fourth inning when Sarah Miller blasted a solo home run to give the Storm a 2-0 lead. Three more runs came in the fifth and another in the sixth as the Hawks failed to produce an offensive punch. LEC’s Ashley Johnson pitched the win for the Storm, allowing one hit and striking out six in the shutout. Kelly Goodwin (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara Falls) led the Hawks with a double while Meghan Gollaher (Rochester, NY/Spencerport) was charged with the loss.

Hilbert is scheduled to play at home on Saturday, August 15th against Penn State Altoona in a 1:00 PM conference doubleheader.

Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college’s engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college’s first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.